Tobacco Plant
Nicotiana tabacum
Also known as American tobacco, Virginia tobacco
About Tobacco Plant
Nicotiana tabacum, or cultivated tobacco, is an annually grown herbaceous plant of the genus Nicotiana. N. tabacum is the most commonly grown species in the genus Nicotiana, as the plant's leaves are commercially harvested to be processed into tobacco for human use. The plant is native to Bolivia, commonly grown throughout the world and often found in cultivation. It grows to heights between 1 and 2 metres (3.3 and 6.6 ft). Research is ongoing into its ancestry among wild Nicotiana species, but it is believed to be a hybrid of Nicotiana sylvestris, N. tomentosiformis, and possibly N. otophora.
Description adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Nicotiana tabacum
- Genus
- Nicotiana
- Family
- SOLANACEAE
- Habit
- Undershrub
- Native to
- Tropical America
- Distribution
- Cultivated in tropics
- Flowering & fruiting
- August-May
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Local Names
- Hindi
- तम्बाकू Tambaku
- Bengali
- তামাক
- Telugu
- పొగాకు
- Malayalam
- പുകയില
- Marathi
- तंबाखू Tambakhoo
Solanaceae
Nightshade/Tomato family
Tobacco Plant belongs to the Solanaceae family.
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